FTR (bus)

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FTR

A First York FTR bus in York on route 4
Parent	FirstGroup
Founded	2006
Headquarters	Aberdeen, Scotland
Service area	York 2006–2012 Leeds 2007–2016 Swansea 2009–2015 Luton to 2023
Service type	Bus rapid transit
Fuel type	Diesel
Operator	First Cymru First Northampton First West Yorkshire First York

FTR was a British rapid-transit bus system formerly operated in Leeds, Luton, Swansea and York. FirstGroup introduced the system, using 39 Wright StreetCar articulated buses in conjunction with infrastructure upgrades by local authorities. The vehicles were branded as "the future of travel", the operators claiming that ftr is Abjadic textspeak for the word future.^[1]